Aging at Home Will Be Harder With Planned Medicaid Home Assistance Care Cuts
http://www.nextavenue.org/aging-at-home-medicaid-cuts/ May 17, 2017 Home- and community-based services are vulnerable. The vast majority of people in nursing homes do not need to be there, they just need some home supports. — Leonardo Cuello, National Health Law Program...
Skyrocketing Costs For Seniors Under The AHCA
From: bruce bauer Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2017 9:25 PM Subject: health care Newspapers Gave Scant Coverage To Skyrocketing Costs For Seniors Under The AHCA The AHCA Will Dramatically Increase Costs And Reduce Coverage For Seniors. The AHCA raises...
Nader Rips Sanders Democrats for Putting Single Payer on Back Burner
Last month, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) promised single payer activists that he would introduce his single payer bill in the Senate within the next couple of weeks. Now, according to Sanders’ staff, it’s not going to happen. In putting...
Eugene Passes Local Resolution Supporting HealthCare Reform
From: CHARLIE SWANSON <CSWANEE@msn.com> Subject: Eugene’s local resolution Date: May 2, 2017 at 5:50:32 PM PDT The Eugene City Council passed the attached local resolution on April 19 by a 6-1 vote. I am sure most of you can...